Infamously, the paper's 125th anniversary was led by Ram alone, with Malini, Ravi and Murali being conspicuous by their absence. "The Hindu functioned as an apologist for Raja, with Ram meeting him often to discuss the scam coverage," the three top members of the Hindu said. Radhakrishnan's main qualification was that he was close to the DMK leaders and his choice was a special dispensation shown to Raja," Malini, Ravi and Murali said in that joint statement. And in 2013, the family kind of closed ranks and the outsider Siddharth Varadarajan was fired as the Editor, with Ram Ram himself using his casting vote to effect the change. Also, apart from The Hindu, none of the other publications in the stable, The Sportstar, Frontline or the Tamil paper, which is also named The Hindu, are profitable ventures on their own.

Source: The Hindu June 06, 2023 10:07 UTC